What will 2025 Club World Cup look like with tournament expanded to 32 teams?

FIFA sensationally approved plans for the Club World Cup to be expanded to 32 teams from 2025 back in March.

The tournament was founded in 2000 and has traditionally been held during the season - lasting approximately a week - pitting the Champions League winners against teams that have won silverware in South American and the Middle East.

Only seven teams will participate in the 2023 edition in Saudi Arabia - including Manchester City.

The Premier League champions qualified for this year's tournament after their Champions League triumph back in June. Pep Guardiola's side have already secured their place for the 2025 edition - which is set to cause a real shake-up in the football world.

Mail Sport breaks down everything you need to know about the new FIFA Club World Cup format.

As alluded to, FIFA has approved plans for the Club World Cup to be expanded to 32 teams from 2025.

Only seven teams were involved in the latest edition in January, but this is due to change in 2025, with the tournament moving to June, and 32 sides set to compete.

Changes have been in the offing for the Club World Cup for some time, as FIFA planned to alter it to a 24-team competition in 2021, only for the Covid-19 pandemic to delay these plans.

They have now gone one step further and moved straight to a 32-team tournament, and speaking at a congress in Rwanda earlier this year, FIFA president Gianni Infantino declared that it will be 'like a World Cup'.

FIFA's decision is unlikely to go down well with a number of European clubs, after Mail Sport revealed in December that the continent's elite clubs had rejected the organisation's proposal to expand the tournament and move it to the summer.

The first edition of the tournament will take place from 15 June